lecture 11
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lecture 11
Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> BBN-ANG-241 Phonology: The Rules of English Phonology 11. Vowels 03 Törkenczy Miklós Dept of English Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University (1) Topics discussed in this lecture — Vowel reduction: predictability — Tense & Lax Vs: limited contrast ˜ Trisyllabic Laxness ˜ -ic, -id, -ish Laxness ˜ CiV Laxness/Tenseness ˜ Other restrictions: Final Tenseness, Pre-vocalic Tenseness, Pre-cluster Laxness Page 1 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (2) Vowel reduction (continued) (2.1) Predictability: reduction vs. no reduction ("3ry stress") = (mainly) lexical(=unpredictable) i. ii. lexical/unpredictable morphological fórmat Z!eN9lzs\ clímate Z!jk`Hl?s\ páradise Z!ozq?c`Hr\ cháracter Z!jzq?js?\ gráduateV Z!fqzcYTdHs\ gráduateN Z!fqzcYT?s\ Page 2 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 3 of 17 (2.2) The quality of reduced vowels (Gen/Trad BrE) i. reduced and full Vs UNSTRESSED schwa ii. STRESSED (1ry, 2ry) [?] academy + ! [H] reduction, static, + + (kiss) ([T]) stimulus, accurate + + (push) predictability of the quality of reduced vowels: quality is lexical (unpredictable) -ion -ic -ity ? + ! + H ! + + T ! ! ! no no yes VARIATION affixes action static vanity stems addition edition claret melon + ± + + ! + + ! ! ! ! ! no yes/no yes no accurate + ! + yes if ZT\ is possible then [?\ is also possible Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 4 of 17 (2.3) Rule: Vowel Reduction (lexical conditioning) V = Vreduced / in an unstressed syllable Vowel Reduction is lexically conditioned works most of the time, but sometimes it is suspended depending on the (given syllable) of the lexical item the output of Vowel Reduction is lexically conditioned the quality of the reduced V depends on the (given syllable) of the lexical item Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 5 of 17 (3) Tense & lax vowels (phological classes of Vs) Classification TENSE FLEECE, GOOSE, FORCE/NORTH/THOUGHT, FACE, PRICE, CHOICE GOAT, MOUTH, NEAR, SQUARE, CURE GOOSE FULL LAX (3.1) Contrast A: B: KIT, DRESS, TRAP, LOT, FOOT, STRUT START, NURSE, FORCE/NORTH/THOUGHT Pete .h9. pet .d. hate .dH. hat .z. road .?T. rod .P. Although tense and lax vowels do contrast, their contrast is contextually limited since in certain environments only one or the other class of vowels can occur. Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (4) Trisyllabic Laxness V = lax [-stress] * σ σ σ1 # * / __ i. stress: qZ?T\tátion, m[`H]grátion, v[`H]tálity, T[`H]tánic ... ii. target V … /it9/ immúnity, únity .... iii. 3rd or earlier than 3rd σ vánity, céremony, mílitary ... Page 6 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (4.1) Type A Phonotactics: monomorphemic words: Type A > Type B (X>Y= type frequency of X is greater than that of Y) Lax vowel in a trisyllabic context animal, origin, possible, ... etc. Type B . Page 7 of 17 Tense vowel in a trisyllabic context Abraham dynasty (US) protege agency genealogy protocol apricot Ireland rhododendron boomerang isogloss rotifer Clytemnestra microscope savoury cogency nightingale stevedore coterie Novocain trilobite dinosaur Oberon troubadour drapery Omaha vitamin dynamo Polaroid Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 8 of 17 (4.2) Morpho-phonology/alternations: structure dependence weak boundary affixes i. strong boundary affixes #penal# ~ #penal+ty# #penal# ~ #penal#ize# ~ #vain# #van+ity# #crazy# ~ #crazi#ness# #divis+ible# #grade# ~ #grad#able# ~ #divide# ~ ii. -al a. nature~natural; nation~national; femur~femoral; b. notion~notional, season~seasonal; feature~featural; occasion~occasional; devotion~devotional; climate~climatal, sensation~sensational; and all -ational words (except national and rational) iii. Exceptions obesity, nicety, probity; notify, nitrify; denotative, donative, excitative; secretive, vibrative; titanous, mountainous strong boundary affixes: #ing, #ness, #ly, #hood, #dom, #able, #eragentive, #ed, #(e)s, #ishadjectival weak boundary affixes: +ity, +ify, +itude, +ical, +icide, +ison, +itive, +ifer, +inal, +eral, +ite, +ative, +ous, +acy, +ible, +age, t/dirregular past Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (5) -ic, -id, -ish Laxness: V = lax / __ C {-ic, -id, -ish}# i. target V … /it9/ Punic, putrid, stupid ... ii. presence of preceding C: *V_ heroic, algebraic, ... Prevocalic Tenseness >> -ic, -id, -ish Laxness iii. #ishadj … +ishV, N eightish, Polish, Danish Page 9 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (5.1) Phonotactics: monomorphemic words: (Type A > Type B) Type A Lax vowel in the syllable before -ic, -id, -ish .,Hj. panic, Eric, Warwick, ... .,Hc. vivid, arid, OvidLatin poet, ... .HR.N, V blemish, flourish, parish, fetish ... Tense vowel in the syllable before -ic, -id, -ish .,Hj. – .,Hc. OvidUS surname , David, aphid, hybrid fetish % .HR.N, V Type B (5.2) Morpho-phonology/alternations: i. state ~ static ii. #ishadj iii. Exceptions (pale ~ pallid final ~ finish) #catt#ish#, #green#ish# phobic, basic, scenic, encyclopedic, anemic, aphasic, photic, amnesic, Gaelic, hybrid Page 10 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 11 of 17 (6) CiV Laxness/Tenseness (6.1) CiV position: ___CHV | [+stress] (6.2) i. CiV TENSING Canadian .j?!mdHcH?m. Vα = VTENSE / __CHV where Vα … ZH\ or equivalently )VαLAXCHV where Vα … ZH\ ii. CiV LAXING `H = H / __CHV or equivalently )`HCHV vs. Darwinian .c@9!vHmH?m. Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (6.3) Phonotactics: exceptions to (4.2i): Daniel, Harriet, mafia, terrier, stallion, patio, warrior ... to (4.2ii): NONE (6.4) Morpho-phonology/alternations i. Cyprus~Cypriot; bile~bilious; hide~hideous ii. -ion Z?m\ behaves as if it were HVn: iii. CiV Tenseness: relate~relation; emote~emotion; complete~completion CiV Laxness: divide~division; precise~precision Exceptions overapplication: proceed~procession; concede~concession, underapplication: express~expression Page 12 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 13 of 17 (7) Other restrictions on the tenseness/laxness of vowels: Final Tenseness, Pre-vocalic Tenseness, Pre-cluster restrictions Position restrictions apply contrast between TENSE and LAX vowels a) _ # YES ± b) _ V YES ! c) _ C NO possible non-coronal YES ! coronal NO possible non-onset YES ! onset NO possible d) _ CC # e) _ CC ! Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> a) pay /!odH. */!oz. par /!o@9. Final Tenseness V = Tense / __ # where V … Lax B b) ruin /!qt9Hm. */!sUHRm/ Prevocalic Tenseness V = Tense / __ V Page 14 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> .!kh9j. lick .!kHj. c) leak d) *.sdHMj. tank .!szMj. paint .!odHms. punt .!oUms. */!dHos?m. captain /!jzos?m. equal /!h9jv?k. mattress /!lzsq?r. e) Pre-Cluster Laxness Pre-Cluster Laxness V = lax / __ CC where CC = non-coronal if CC# CC… onset cluster if CCV Page 15 of 17 Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> Page 16 of 17 (7.1) Structure dependence #like#ness# #seep#ed# .!k`Hjm?r. .rh9os. #kep+t# #descrip+tive# .jdos. .c?!rjqHosHu. nicely, sameness, ... ached, mimed, piped, ... ).jh9os. ).c?!rjq`HosHu. (8) Tense~Lax pairs: 'Vowel Shift', alternation evidence (8.1) Regular/frequent type TENSE ~ LAX FACE-TRAP grave ~ gravity FLEECE-DRESS keep ~ kept Cyprus ~ Cypriot tone ~ tonic PRICE-KIT GOAT-LOT kept, wept, dreamt, ... intervention, depth, ... Törkenczy BBN-ANG-241_11<EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> EngPhonBA_241_11_2015s.wpd> (8.2) Infrequent/irregular(?) type TENSE ~ LAX MOUTH-STRUT grave ~ gravity GOOSE-STRUT keep ~ kept Page 17 of 17